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the simple math says that boehner a wronger than reid. >> yes, boehner was wronger than reid by almost a double, but of course the dimensions are different. but boehner is dealing with something quite difficult. i don't think no a moment that he thought those numbers would go through. inch theç ineptitude is quite sad. next year it will be the politician and the party that's irritated the american public the least that will win. head obama and hillary clinton going at it in the frimaries. there was a wonderful conversation. the rest of the world was thinks, great, this is america leading the way, now 2012, it's just a disgrace. i feel so sorry for america. >> it's time for brazil to step up and lead the world unless it's china, i guess. maybe the antidote is this man. >> if i were president, i would get them in the right direction by having taxes that are competitive, regulations that's streamlined and trade policy that is work for us, and energy policies that get us energy secure and the rule of law being protected. >> again that rhetoric sounds great. i strongly believe we need ref
the simple math says that boehner a wronger than reid. >> yes, boehner was wronger than reid by almost a double, but of course the dimensions are different. but boehner is dealing with something quite difficult. i don't think no a moment that he thought those numbers would go through. inch theç ineptitude is quite sad. next year it will be the politician and the party that's irritated the american public the least that will win. head obama and hillary clinton going at it in the...
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don't you agree that it is a huge mistake for house speaker john boehner not to bring this to the floor for a vote? >> i think we are going to see immigration this year. my focus right now is to make sure that we elevate this issue which is why i support it. isles an important issue to my family, an important issue to my community and i think it's going to contribute to the greatness of america. so the more that we can elevate this debate and make sure that it's brought up this year, i think the country's going to be in a better place for it. >> what good reason is there to not just bring the bill up for a vote? >> we have to make sure that we have bipartisan pup sort. it can't be a republican or a democrat bill. it really needs to be a bipartisan bill. >> you by definition make it bipartisan, it is a bipart san bill, you're here. >> but it's important to get 218 votes first. working with my democratic colleagues, they have obviously shown that they can support this bill, 185 co-sponsors already. now it's time to get a number of republicans on board. it's my mission to go out and talk t
don't you agree that it is a huge mistake for house speaker john boehner not to bring this to the floor for a vote? >> i think we are going to see immigration this year. my focus right now is to make sure that we elevate this issue which is why i support it. isles an important issue to my family, an important issue to my community and i think it's going to contribute to the greatness of america. so the more that we can elevate this debate and make sure that it's brought up this year, i...
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john boehner and barack obama, john boehner and harry reid. there's just not a warmth of barack obama in congress generally, democrats and republicans. so that complicates what is already going to be a difficult policy and political fight, the lack of sort of trust that exists, that's always been the core of how these things ultimately got done and it's just not there. >> chris, the president will have a lot of time to call them over for chats because he's not going to asia this weekend. that does it for us for this edition of quts andrea mitchell reports." msnbc will follow every detail of the shutdown and any negotiations that take place, you'll have it here. follow the show at mitchell reports on twitter. >> hi, andrea, have a great weekend. new information on the mother who led police on the deadly chase through the nation's capitol, including the delusions investigators say may have driven her to those actions. plus, we'll have an update on her child. capitol hill police applauded for their quick response in the middle of the shutdown, wh
john boehner and barack obama, john boehner and harry reid. there's just not a warmth of barack obama in congress generally, democrats and republicans. so that complicates what is already going to be a difficult policy and political fight, the lack of sort of trust that exists, that's always been the core of how these things ultimately got done and it's just not there. >> chris, the president will have a lot of time to call them over for chats because he's not going to asia this weekend....
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on one side, you have establishment, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. to them, the election was lost because the conservative ideologues pulled him so right he could never find his way back in november. on the other side, jim demint, rick santorum and the industrial complex that make the same argument ideologues always make when they lose, the problem our guy wasn't ideological enough. the problem is going out in technicolor with demint bolting out to become the ceo of the conservative movement. joining me is the former head of the rnc and joy reed, managing editor of rio.com, also one of us. this is what happens when you go near the misery index, the rush limbaugh show. yesterday, jim demint, still the united states senator from south carolina and the out-going heritage foundation president dent and rush made fun of the speaker. let's listen. >> well, i think it's safe to say boehner is not forcing either of you guys out, right? >> that's pretty true. it might work a little bit the other way, rush. >> what do you make of that? it might work a little bi
on one side, you have establishment, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. to them, the election was lost because the conservative ideologues pulled him so right he could never find his way back in november. on the other side, jim demint, rick santorum and the industrial complex that make the same argument ideologues always make when they lose, the problem our guy wasn't ideological enough. the problem is going out in technicolor with demint bolting out to become the ceo of the conservative...
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speaker boehner and the preside president at the white house. now, the president supports raising taxes on people earning more than $400,000 a year. i want to bring in "washington post" columnist ruth marcus and the national journalist chris freisz. there's a lot owing on, assault weapons ban and the gun show loophole. do you think they're going to take this, how are they likely to approach this? >> well, i think the vice president say very good choice to lead this because of course he was the chairman of the senate judiciary where this legislation goes through for many years. and so he understands a little bit of what's politically possible or, let's cross our fingers, what might hopefully be politically possible in the aftermath of the tragedy. i think one thing that's really important is to seize the moment. we have this tendency to lose our zeal and to let things slide. and i think -- i wish i could suggest that we would tie the cliff to gun control legislation. i think that's a bridge too far for republicans, and especially house republican
speaker boehner and the preside president at the white house. now, the president supports raising taxes on people earning more than $400,000 a year. i want to bring in "washington post" columnist ruth marcus and the national journalist chris freisz. there's a lot owing on, assault weapons ban and the gun show loophole. do you think they're going to take this, how are they likely to approach this? >> well, i think the vice president say very good choice to lead this because of...
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this was a bright spot in boehner's interview. he was asked if republicans will still pursue full repeat. >> i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear the president was reelected. obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be extending the time next year trying to repeal obama-care? >> there are certainly maybe parts of it we believe that need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> wait a minute. a short while later, boehner walked back his answer on twitter. obama care is the law of the land, but it's raising costs and hurting small businesses. our goal remains full repeat? it looks like he's scared of the tea partiers in the caucus. president obama was close to persuade ing him on a grand bargain before boehner buckled. i guess you could say this time around they don't need boehner. they hold not all the carts, but more cards, and the middle eastern people are clearly behind this president, they elected a more progress i have senate. senator patty murray, who led the democratic senatori
this was a bright spot in boehner's interview. he was asked if republicans will still pursue full repeat. >> i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear the president was reelected. obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be extending the time next year trying to repeal obama-care? >> there are certainly maybe parts of it we believe that need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> wait a minute. a short while later, boehner...
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that being said, there is enough for a compromise if speaker boehner is willing to go against the tea party and not follow the rur that requires them to listen to the majority of the majority party. >> we saw the open mic moment between mitch mcconnell and rand paul going over the talking points. the republicans are willing to compromise, but is there an argument when all their demands are tied to weakening obama care? >> right now, no. i was speaking with republican senators yesterday on the hill. every one of them says it all goes back to what the house wants to do. so, if speaker boehner is allowing that compromise to happen and override the tea party members in the caucus, there would be a compromise. it comes back to the personal drama unfolding with speaker boehner and the tea party. >> it seems everyone from white house to house republicans is committed to avoiding debt default. the deadline is approaching fast. what is the most likely resolution here? >> there's never been a time lawmakers have not acted to raise the debt ceiling. you know, the longer the government shutdown g
that being said, there is enough for a compromise if speaker boehner is willing to go against the tea party and not follow the rur that requires them to listen to the majority of the majority party. >> we saw the open mic moment between mitch mcconnell and rand paul going over the talking points. the republicans are willing to compromise, but is there an argument when all their demands are tied to weakening obama care? >> right now, no. i was speaking with republican senators...
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house speaker john boehner is doing the dance of the seven veils. ♪ >> a day after the president's re-election, the speaker of the house opened the door to additional tax revenues. >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> but after that telling peekaboo, boehner pulled back, announcing tax increases are not an option. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone says they want. >> last night, he revealed to diane sawyer that his party was no longer seeking to repeal the affordable care act. >> well, i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was elected, obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care. >> there may be parts of it that we believe need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> but hours after that interview, boehner shrouded himself once again tweeting, obama care is law of the land but it is raising costs and threatening jobs. our goal has been and will remain #full
house speaker john boehner is doing the dance of the seven veils. ♪ >> a day after the president's re-election, the speaker of the house opened the door to additional tax revenues. >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> but after that telling peekaboo, boehner pulled back, announcing tax increases are not an option. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone...
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john boehner says the you're getting the one, john boehner says you have about $800 billion, he is not including interest payments. we have talked about this a lot on the show, so much of the fiscal cliff is about who has leverage if they don't come to a deal. and so far, the president usually has because either all the tax cuts expire or a lot of republicans have said we'll just pass the senate bill, which allows for all the tax cuts over $250,000 to expire. that is the president's position. john boehner is trying to create a reality, a leverage point a little friendlier to him, by moving it up to a million and hoping it will split the democrats. it doesn't, at this point, appear to be working. >> sam stein, isn't plan b good for the white house? isn't the white house just kind of pretending they're not crazy about john boehner? especially the part where he says he will bring the senate bill to a vote in the house? >> well, yeah, it is good in one sense, that they will have a number of republicans voting for a tax hike. how many republicans they will get is another question entirely.
john boehner says the you're getting the one, john boehner says you have about $800 billion, he is not including interest payments. we have talked about this a lot on the show, so much of the fiscal cliff is about who has leverage if they don't come to a deal. and so far, the president usually has because either all the tax cuts expire or a lot of republicans have said we'll just pass the senate bill, which allows for all the tax cuts over $250,000 to expire. that is the president's position....
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boehner knows this. this is why boehner is now coming to the table saying, all right, we can't do the cliff thing, we'll get the political hit for it and we'll also be in a bad negotiating position. but he has to identify where the money's coming from. and it's got to be rates. i get a sense in washington that the democrats have drawn the line in the sand on rates. if you can't get rates, you can't get anything else. boehner's going to come out and identify a bunch of deductions. that's not going to be enough. you got to go the rates. once you do the rates, everything else might fall in place because do i think the white house will negotiate. >> i want to go over the stakes of all of this just for the average american family, if we do go over the cliff, about 90% of households would end up paying almost $3,500 more in taxes and one in five action pai -- taxpayers would have to pay the alternative minimum tax, which would mean an increase of $3,700 more of what you already know and those on unemployment i
boehner knows this. this is why boehner is now coming to the table saying, all right, we can't do the cliff thing, we'll get the political hit for it and we'll also be in a bad negotiating position. but he has to identify where the money's coming from. and it's got to be rates. i get a sense in washington that the democrats have drawn the line in the sand on rates. if you can't get rates, you can't get anything else. boehner's going to come out and identify a bunch of deductions. that's not...
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i think boehner set a great signal yesterday. i think the person who called boehner yesterday and said let's get back to work is a big deal. >> i want to ask you. do the american voters really get the attention of the gop now? do they send a clear message that misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic candidate es just dot fly. how do they get the party back on track? >> losing does a lot more parties, and spending time in the desert does a lot toward figuring out how to get to water. the republican party obviously has a lot of work to do, but i'm encouraged they will get the message, that we understand we've got to be a larger tent. we can't continue to just go after a shrinking -- trying to expand a shrinking demographic and recognize we need more tolerance, more diversity, and more policies and messages that address the broad fabric of middle america. so i think the message is loud and clear. i don't think there's any question about that. ultimately, it will be good for the party, and they'll get strong new leadership that will be --
i think boehner set a great signal yesterday. i think the person who called boehner yesterday and said let's get back to work is a big deal. >> i want to ask you. do the american voters really get the attention of the gop now? do they send a clear message that misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic candidate es just dot fly. how do they get the party back on track? >> losing does a lot more parties, and spending time in the desert does a lot toward figuring out how to get to water. the...
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as early as thursday, boehner plans to offer two amendments. one would extend the bush-era tax cuts for people who make up to $250,000 a year. the other would extend the tax cuts for everyone who makes up to $1 million a year. >> plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> boehner is basically offering to end the fiscal cliff talks for the holidays. he would take up the spending cuts and debt ceiling debate next year. joining me tonight editor at large for salon, joan walsh. and democratic strategist bob shrum with us tonight. great to have both of you with us. >> thanks, ed. >> joan, what is boehner trying to prove here with this strategy? that he is so concerned with small business? what is happening here. >> exactly. i mean, look. he knows plan b is doa, ed. it doesn't do anything. it doesn't solve any problems. you know, it protects people who make between 250 and 1 million who are still quite wealthy. it doesn't make a dent in the deficit. and it also doesn't s
as early as thursday, boehner plans to offer two amendments. one would extend the bush-era tax cuts for people who make up to $250,000 a year. the other would extend the tax cuts for everyone who makes up to $1 million a year. >> plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> boehner is basically offering to end the fiscal cliff talks for the holidays. he would take up the spending cuts and debt ceiling...
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boehner loved the sequester. he said it would be a great way to make sure spending is cut across the board, and that's what the republicans wanted. when the bill was signed, boehner told the country, he told everybody just how much he loved it. >> when you look at this final agreement that we came to with the white house, you know, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> wait a minute now. i thought it was the president's plan. see, folks, the lying just keeps coming. boehner continued his lies in an op-ed today. he said the president got his higher taxes, $600 billion from higher earners and no spending cuts at the end of 2012. well, let's do a little math for the speaker of the house. $1.2 trillion is greater than $600 billion. john boehner should know this. he did the math before. in fact, he was one of 174 republicans in the house of representatives who voted for the budget control act of 2011. those republicans, what did they get? they got $1.2 billion in cuts to set up by the sequester by passing t
boehner loved the sequester. he said it would be a great way to make sure spending is cut across the board, and that's what the republicans wanted. when the bill was signed, boehner told the country, he told everybody just how much he loved it. >> when you look at this final agreement that we came to with the white house, you know, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> wait a minute now. i thought it was the president's plan. see, folks, the lying just keeps coming....
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harry reid reportedly told boehner it's aist with a of time. >> listen, i like john boehner. but do i fei do feel sorry for . he has to break away from those people that are ruining the republican party. and hurting our country. >> senator cruz said they need 100 senators like jesse helms. he tried to block a bill naming a national holiday in honor of mar ten luther king jr.. the latest gallup poll shows congressional rating ticked up to 19% from 14% in august. congress was not even in session. governor corbett says he will not accept funds for health care in his state. >>> and a political message on a billboard that reads obamacare may be hazardous to your health, but politically it doesn't work that well because people if new york will actually at the time savings of at least 50% under the affordable care act. >>> a controversial retweet sent out by an adviser to text governor rick perry called state senator wendy davis, quote, too stupid to be governor. texas testimonies responded saying davis is harvard law school graduate and the joke will be on republicans if their stra
harry reid reportedly told boehner it's aist with a of time. >> listen, i like john boehner. but do i fei do feel sorry for . he has to break away from those people that are ruining the republican party. and hurting our country. >> senator cruz said they need 100 senators like jesse helms. he tried to block a bill naming a national holiday in honor of mar ten luther king jr.. the latest gallup poll shows congressional rating ticked up to 19% from 14% in august. congress was not even...
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i don't think john boehner has stood up on anything. there are at least some republicans on immigration doing something. i don't see him anywhere. >> i disagree. i think he had guts and then lost his guts. he actually started out doing this grand bargain and as soon as someone said boo, notably, the people in his own leadership team, then he realized he had no guts at all. so, you know, i guess that redefines guts. >> sequentially, he had the guts to negotiate with the president to a certain point, but then he did not have the guts as he says here to take on his own -- >> there is that. i think evaporating guts don't -- >> i try. >> the republicans have been consulting pollster neil nuhouse, quoted as saying this "i kind of emphasize to the members that second midterm elections have never been friendly to the president. you can't count on that. that's not going to happen. we've got to realize that the house republicans are going to be obama's top target." so boehner is being told, don't just sit there and think on a midterm you guys aut
i don't think john boehner has stood up on anything. there are at least some republicans on immigration doing something. i don't see him anywhere. >> i disagree. i think he had guts and then lost his guts. he actually started out doing this grand bargain and as soon as someone said boo, notably, the people in his own leadership team, then he realized he had no guts at all. so, you know, i guess that redefines guts. >> sequentially, he had the guts to negotiate with the president to...
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speaker boehner and company are looking to hold the debt ceiling hostage again. willing to downgrade our credit rating again. willing to risk our recovery again. just to get their way on spending cuts. the only problem for them, the president is in no mood to play. >> so i want to send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game next year. in congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation which, by the way, we have never done it in our history until we did it last year, i will not play that game. >> sorry speaker boehner. find someone else to play economic game with. the president isn't interested. he's done with their gimmicks. he's done with their ploys. he's done with the argument that they are the serious ones in this whole debate. >> so we ask the president, sit down with us, be serious about the specifics of spending. >> and i'll be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about s
speaker boehner and company are looking to hold the debt ceiling hostage again. willing to downgrade our credit rating again. willing to risk our recovery again. just to get their way on spending cuts. the only problem for them, the president is in no mood to play. >> so i want to send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game next year. in congress in any way suggests that they are going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of...
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. >>> last night house speaker john boehner -- also, he's not backing off his stand on tax hikes. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about? >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. >> at issue here is this perfect economic storm that could have serious consequences. nbc's andrea mitchell breaks it dun for you. >> reporter: the campaign was tough. victory is sweet. now comes the hard part. >> on january 1st, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. >> reporter: so what exactly is the fiscal cliff? it's night mare combination of tax hikes and spending cuts the president agreed to to force themselves into a compromise. so far, they haven't agreed on anything. so barring a last-minute fix at the stroke of midnight on new year's eve, the bush tax cuts expeer. the alternative minimum tax kicks in. more than half of all married couples with two children would owe an additional $4,000
. >>> last night house speaker john boehner -- also, he's not backing off his stand on tax hikes. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about? >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. >> at issue here is this perfect economic storm that could have serious consequences. nbc's andrea mitchell breaks it dun for...
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>> i think boehner is in a tough spot. he gets that but he has a caucus that doesn't want to pass any tax increase. i think he's also a smart enough politician to know that it looks real bad after a while to say, i'm not going to extend it for middle income people because i'm just holding out for the rich. and, you know, boehner is a lot of things but one of the things he is is basically a smart politician. i think he knows that's a bad position but he's got a caucus that's not going to make it easy for him. >> and krystal, you have people saying don't deal with him. paul krugman is saying, let's not make a deal. but at some point, he, being boehner, it's hard to sell that we're not going to give a tax cut to the middle class unless the rich gets it, too? isn't he running up against a political clock here? >> yes, it's a very tough position. voters went to the polls and said they don't buy that position and as e.j. pointed out, the president has tons of leverage here because if nothing happens, all of the bush tax cuts exp
>> i think boehner is in a tough spot. he gets that but he has a caucus that doesn't want to pass any tax increase. i think he's also a smart enough politician to know that it looks real bad after a while to say, i'm not going to extend it for middle income people because i'm just holding out for the rich. and, you know, boehner is a lot of things but one of the things he is is basically a smart politician. i think he knows that's a bad position but he's got a caucus that's not going to...
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john boehner is dealing tw two tensions. he's trying to explain to his conference they have to increase leverage. they don't want to see a middle class tax hike as a result of them standing firm on all the brackets and then us going over the cliff and them being blamed. a political fight that would bruise them through 2013 and into '14, the year they want to pick up a majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house and look to the white house in 2016. so he's trying to convince them of the longer view while dealing with the fact many of them are extremely frustrated. they don't believe obama has a mandate, and they want to -- you know, they're spoiling for a fight. he's trying to work through thanksgiving. we're going to see any meat on this bone until after thanksgiving. everyone will take a time to sort of lick their wounds, and then he's hoping the leadership is hoping they can convince the conference to get this off of the table so there's no longer government on the brink and an emergency all the time
john boehner is dealing tw two tensions. he's trying to explain to his conference they have to increase leverage. they don't want to see a middle class tax hike as a result of them standing firm on all the brackets and then us going over the cliff and them being blamed. a political fight that would bruise them through 2013 and into '14, the year they want to pick up a majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house and look to the white house in 2016. so he's trying to...
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john boehner went further than in the past. it would include raising the tax rates on people with incomes over a million dollars. on sunday, it was reported that he would be willing to raise the debt ceiling as part of it. mother jones, of course, msnbc political analyst. i'm going to go to joy. i think you're more optimistic. i see you're smiling there. i'm looking at these numbers it looks like boehner is talking a trillion dollars, but mainly the very rich, over a million dollars a year. not over $250,000 a year, the president wants to do. and he's also talking about getting rid of some deductions. the president sticking to 1.4 in revenues. is that something that can be bridged by simple arithmetic? >> well, you know what, i think it's very important that john boehner has conceded the fact that rates have to go up period. i think that's important. i don't think a million is going to be enough on the revenue side. >> you mean a trillion? >> no, i mean doing it on people's incomes over a million. i don't think that's going to
john boehner went further than in the past. it would include raising the tax rates on people with incomes over a million dollars. on sunday, it was reported that he would be willing to raise the debt ceiling as part of it. mother jones, of course, msnbc political analyst. i'm going to go to joy. i think you're more optimistic. i see you're smiling there. i'm looking at these numbers it looks like boehner is talking a trillion dollars, but mainly the very rich, over a million dollars a year. not...
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. >>> all that, plus comfort dogs in newtown, obama and boehner wheel and deal. >>> good morning. this morning we're learning more about adam lanza, the troubled 20-year-old who took the lives of 27 people last week including new details with his relationship with parents. adam's parents separated in 2001 and later divorced in 2009. though they shared custody, peter lanza said adam lanza stopped visiting him and cut off all conversation with him in 2010. that was around the time that peter lanza began dating his new wife. according to divoce documents obtained by nbc news, peter lanza paid his ex-wife nancy just under $200,000 in alimony in 2012. friends say nancy lanza had not been working in recent years. the "new york times" is reporting adam lanza had, quote, no connections to the school where friday's massacre occurred. >>> students in newtown, connecticut are returning to school this morning for the first time since the shooting massacre. meanwhile, more families will hold funerals. nbc's danielle leigh joins us from newtown. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just ove
. >>> all that, plus comfort dogs in newtown, obama and boehner wheel and deal. >>> good morning. this morning we're learning more about adam lanza, the troubled 20-year-old who took the lives of 27 people last week including new details with his relationship with parents. adam's parents separated in 2001 and later divorced in 2009. though they shared custody, peter lanza said adam lanza stopped visiting him and cut off all conversation with him in 2010. that was around the...
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speaker boehner's right about that. we can't kick the can down the road. but that means doing a lot of things that are painful to people on all sides of the equation. but it's the only way that it gets it done. i hope the president responds positively to this. i mean, we can nitpick it. surely we can point out when bill clinton raised taxes on the top 2% of americans it produced a greatest period of economic growth in the last 60 years. 23 million new jobs created so i don't know that speaker boehner's contention of a job killer to do that is correct. >> right. >> the evidence shows that it's incorrect but look. the bottom line is the speaker says he's willing to accept revenue. i hope he's speaking for a majority of his caucus. if he is, we have a chance to do some really good things. >> steve? >> yeah. governor, we have been down this road, though, before. i remember republicans before when we had the grand bargain negotiation summer of 2011 and unlike republicans saying we're likely to accept new revenue and talking about the thing that mitt romney prop
speaker boehner's right about that. we can't kick the can down the road. but that means doing a lot of things that are painful to people on all sides of the equation. but it's the only way that it gets it done. i hope the president responds positively to this. i mean, we can nitpick it. surely we can point out when bill clinton raised taxes on the top 2% of americans it produced a greatest period of economic growth in the last 60 years. 23 million new jobs created so i don't know that speaker...
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i don't envy speaker boehner. that's why i'm saying the president has to be strategic, he has to talk about what we're going to get done. and part of that is gun safety. we critically need that. you know today's valentine's day, thomas, it's also the two-month anniversary of newtown, connecticut. over 1,700 americans have died from gun violence these past two months. congress needs to start acting. two, infrastructure spending. you look at over five years ago. remember that bridge, thomas, in minnesota that collapsed? >> sure. >> well, that was structurally deficient for 17 years. they knew it was -- and by the way, that bridge and 75,000 other bridges were structurally deficient. well, guess what happens? 140,000 people still went on that eight-lane bridge until it finally collapsed. well, in pennsylvania, we have 4,000 bridges that are structurally deficient. and again, 75,000 across the country. do we want -- in that case, there was 13 people that were killed. do we want more kids being killed because we're not
i don't envy speaker boehner. that's why i'm saying the president has to be strategic, he has to talk about what we're going to get done. and part of that is gun safety. we critically need that. you know today's valentine's day, thomas, it's also the two-month anniversary of newtown, connecticut. over 1,700 americans have died from gun violence these past two months. congress needs to start acting. two, infrastructure spending. you look at over five years ago. remember that bridge, thomas, in...
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but then boehner walked away. now we know why. in an explosive new article by new yorkers ryan lizza, eric cantor told me that it was a fair assessment that he talked boehner out of accepting the obama deal. cantor said he told boehner that it would be better instead to take the issues of taxes and spending to the voters and have it out with democrats in the election. okay. i get it. so republicans wanted the 2012 election to decide the debate over cuts and revenue. well, guess what, it did. president obama won. they lost. americans want fairness. but republicans like eric cantor are now ignoring the lessons of the election. they're talking like it never happened. just check out what bill o'reilly said on his show last night. >> the country's changing quickly into an entitlement society. it's not so much that apathetic americans are embracing the the tenats of themselves. americans are selfish. they want money for nothing. >> this is straight out of mitt romney's 47% tape. republicans haven't learned a thing. joining me now is jou
but then boehner walked away. now we know why. in an explosive new article by new yorkers ryan lizza, eric cantor told me that it was a fair assessment that he talked boehner out of accepting the obama deal. cantor said he told boehner that it would be better instead to take the issues of taxes and spending to the voters and have it out with democrats in the election. okay. i get it. so republicans wanted the 2012 election to decide the debate over cuts and revenue. well, guess what, it did....
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look at speaker boehner, he's showing that we need to show leadership. we have to work with the president. they have the message and they'll respond appropriately and you'll see. >> that's very optimistic. i think, i degree with armstrong, the next few weeks whether they got the message or not. we have this big issue coming up with all of these fiscal issues and boehner a year and a half ago, when this came up the last time, he was basically whipped by the tea party wing of his party. so, the real question is, whether he's able to go back to that tea party link and say what armstrong just said, work with the president, some degree on compromise on taxes and raising revenues. i think it's an open question whether he can do that and whether he can succeed in doing that. >> gentlemen, thanks so much. i appreciate your time today. >>> stick around. up next, i got actor and activist ally sheedy waiting in the wings. she'll be with me in a second. >>> welcome back. tens of thousands are still in the dark after hurricane sandy. power crews in new york and new j
look at speaker boehner, he's showing that we need to show leadership. we have to work with the president. they have the message and they'll respond appropriately and you'll see. >> that's very optimistic. i think, i degree with armstrong, the next few weeks whether they got the message or not. we have this big issue coming up with all of these fiscal issues and boehner a year and a half ago, when this came up the last time, he was basically whipped by the tea party wing of his party. so,...
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john boehner and mitch mcconnell were still asleep and no woke them up. since then, they have made statements about what they see happening in this next year, indicating that maybe they also slept through the part of the night when the results of the election came in. mr. mcconnell put out a statement what's clear about this election is that the voters have not endorsed president obama's first term. the fact that the president won the election is not an endorsement of the president? filling in a little bubble next to the man's name on a piece of paper is technically how we endorse a person in america. mr. mcconnell does not see it that way. on the political wire the romney's campaign would have could have should have transition website today. surely, this was not supposed to go live until mr. romney actually won the election. the campaign did not wait. they presumably accidentally put it up, a transition website for president-elect romney, how to apply for a job with the new romney administration. looks like because they screen shot it before they finally
john boehner and mitch mcconnell were still asleep and no woke them up. since then, they have made statements about what they see happening in this next year, indicating that maybe they also slept through the part of the night when the results of the election came in. mr. mcconnell put out a statement what's clear about this election is that the voters have not endorsed president obama's first term. the fact that the president won the election is not an endorsement of the president? filling in...
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i don't think appreciate the difference between the gingrich congress and the boehner congress. the gingrich congress, say what you will about it, it had a proactive legislative agenda. they actually passed a bunch of stuff that clinton signed. this congress is barely working. they're barely coming to work, and when they are, there is nothing that john boehner is actually trying to pass. all he's trying to do is stop stuff from passing. >> and if you look at the important policy issues and areas out there that need resolution, and the fact that the house has scheduled 13 more days and not full days for the rest of the year, and it's basically thrown it in, we're going to do nothing else except find a way to keep the government operating. that tells you as well that we have a great difference here. >> the house has scheduled 13 days? >> for the rest of the year. they have pretty much said, we're done, we're not going to do anything else for the rest of the year. >> it is november 12th, we'll be working far, far more than 13 days, as will the vast majority of hard working ericans
i don't think appreciate the difference between the gingrich congress and the boehner congress. the gingrich congress, say what you will about it, it had a proactive legislative agenda. they actually passed a bunch of stuff that clinton signed. this congress is barely working. they're barely coming to work, and when they are, there is nothing that john boehner is actually trying to pass. all he's trying to do is stop stuff from passing. >> and if you look at the important policy issues...
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boehner, mcconnell. then you have the kids. cruz, hall, the folks in the house in the tea party faction that came in in 2010. and you have the grown ups who are deathly afraid of the kids. they proved during the 2011 debt ceiling fight, the kids that is, that they don't care. they don't give a damn about what happens to the economy, both domestically and globally, if they didn't raise the debt ceiling. so what you have happening now is president's looking at those folks and saying, okay, you want to shut down the government, you don't want to the fund the government? fine. i've been here before. you guys do that. >> good luck with that. >> but when it comes to the debt ceiling, there was a time when the leadership could go, the grown-ups could go to the kid and say, this is one thing you cannot do. boehner can't do it. he proved that in 2011. mcconnell can't do it because he's running scared, literally, for re-election. so this middle ground that we're talking about happening within the gop on this issue, i will believe that th
boehner, mcconnell. then you have the kids. cruz, hall, the folks in the house in the tea party faction that came in in 2010. and you have the grown ups who are deathly afraid of the kids. they proved during the 2011 debt ceiling fight, the kids that is, that they don't care. they don't give a damn about what happens to the economy, both domestically and globally, if they didn't raise the debt ceiling. so what you have happening now is president's looking at those folks and saying, okay, you...
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we'll find out. >> rita, you had a one on one with john boehner. we'll be seeing him again on monday. it sounds at least like his tone is definitely changed. take a listen. >> i remain optimistic that we'll be able to find common ground. i'm the most reasonable and responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. the election is over. >> did you know that john boehner was the most reasonable person in washington? did you know that? >> no. you said that to me last week. he is sort of the adult in the room in a lot of cases. consider the fact that the members of congress who are freshman and sophomores in their first two terms, the highest number since world war ii, we've got all of these new people coming to washington who don't know how the town works, how the legislating process works and everybody sort of wants to fix everything right away and they wanted to fix it on their own terms. john boehner has been around for a long time and sort of knows how these deals work, how to stitch togethe
we'll find out. >> rita, you had a one on one with john boehner. we'll be seeing him again on monday. it sounds at least like his tone is definitely changed. take a listen. >> i remain optimistic that we'll be able to find common ground. i'm the most reasonable and responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. the election is over. >> did you know that john boehner was the most reasonable person in washington? did...
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the issue is john boehner saying don't do in. let's just wait until the debt ceiling. once they've gone through the shutdown, if they've not used that, they've got nothing but the debt ceiling this their minds. what politico's reported, what goldman sachs has been saying, what i'm hearing from my sources on the hill, it is going to be harder to get republicans past the debt ceiling if they don't do the shutdown. it would be easier to do a shutdown that has some damage to the economy. >> but alleviate some of the pressure. >> it gives them a high drama place to have this fight. we can get this done before october 17th. >> this is the most unnerving thing and trying to trade these ills against one another at this point means we are too close to the edge already. ezra klein, "washington post," guy who i think actually quite owned a whole narrative and discussion about this today, i think he really framed the way everybody's been thinking about it today. >> thank you. >> thanks. >>> so many unprecedented and in fact wildly unpredictable things transpired this week between
the issue is john boehner saying don't do in. let's just wait until the debt ceiling. once they've gone through the shutdown, if they've not used that, they've got nothing but the debt ceiling this their minds. what politico's reported, what goldman sachs has been saying, what i'm hearing from my sources on the hill, it is going to be harder to get republicans past the debt ceiling if they don't do the shutdown. it would be easier to do a shutdown that has some damage to the economy. >>...
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what is more offensive, john boehner's language or john boehner's job performance? text "a" for language. text b for performance to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you results later on in the show. >>> joining me tonight, congressman chris van hollen of maryland. he is a ranking member on the house budget committee. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> you too, ed. >> i just want to cut to the chase on what boehner is telling the american people. he says that they have passed two bills. that was in the 112th. legally, they don't apply right now. is that correct? >> that's exactly right, ed. it is totally false. the republicans have done absolutely nothing to replace or avoid the sequester in this new congress, nothing since january 1st. and whatever they did last year has absolutely no force of law, period. so they've done nothing, had in dachlt. >> okay. so now you have come forward with a solution on the house side to get things moving. it's to the point. it has revenue. but the republicans are saying they're done wit
what is more offensive, john boehner's language or john boehner's job performance? text "a" for language. text b for performance to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you results later on in the show. >>> joining me tonight, congressman chris van hollen of maryland. he is a ranking member on the house budget committee. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> you too, ed. >> i just want to cut to the chase on what boehner is...
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>> this the challenge that boehner faces. that's why it's so interesting to hear him change his tone. i do think there was -- if you look at the election, you can see from the poll returns that the president has got some momentum. that at least the people agree with what he wants to do in terms of tax reform. he will likely, i'm sure, not only reach out across the aisle but reach out to americans. that's something he's always done, going across the country and jimmying up support for what he sees should happen in terms of these big ticket deals. i think both of these men, boehner, all these men, reid, who are in control are looking at their legacies. they want to get something done. they look at these polls which show that the american people do not hold congress in high regard. they would like to reverse that. they want to have something on their records that speaks to big things. this is a big country. we do big things. we are big ideas centered, and i think that's what they're going to have in mind when they go and look at
>> this the challenge that boehner faces. that's why it's so interesting to hear him change his tone. i do think there was -- if you look at the election, you can see from the poll returns that the president has got some momentum. that at least the people agree with what he wants to do in terms of tax reform. he will likely, i'm sure, not only reach out across the aisle but reach out to americans. that's something he's always done, going across the country and jimmying up support for what...
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we have mcconnell and we have boehner. who is the quarterback, mr. president? who is the quarterback? >> there's some confusion about who the quarterback is on the republican side. that is, of course, quite common when you don't have the white house, but there's no doubt about who the quarterback is on the democratic side. the quarterback on the democratic side is the president of the united states. and unfortunately, he keeps throwing interceptions, and we're moving backward and backward and backward towards the goal line. >> i have a headache. >> should they not be talking about football? yeah. >> it's not working. new york jets owner woody johnson, of course -- >> woody! >> a mitt romney guy. >> yeah, woody. >> that was a cringer. harry reid, come on now. >> it's not right for harry reid to kick the jets around. that's a cheap shot. we can do it. you can't. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, you just saw him there talking on the floor, he actually found himself, well, in unusual territory thursday. he actually had to filibuster himself. >> no, no, he ca
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i'm pretty happy. >> what is making speaker boehner unhappy with the present situation? quote, no one should be talking about raising taxes when the government is still paying people to play video games, giving folks free cell phones, and buying $47,000 gre cigarette-smoking machines. joining me, ezra klein of "the washington post." ezra, we need your help. actually, everybody needs your help. ezra, what's the deal with the sequester? we have, like, six different ways of reading this. on one hand, there's a chicken little stance that everything's going to end on march 1st. there are these drastic draconian cuts that are going to take place. on the other hand, there's a new theory of late, which is nothing is really going to happen on march 1st and we're going to see the next couple weeks see the republicans and democrats sit down to actually make a deal once the sequester is passed. >> well, i am happy to say, because it means we don't need to go back into is this rabbit hole. the sequester is not a cliff. it's not a cliff, curb, drop, it's not a debt ceiling, it just be
i'm pretty happy. >> what is making speaker boehner unhappy with the present situation? quote, no one should be talking about raising taxes when the government is still paying people to play video games, giving folks free cell phones, and buying $47,000 gre cigarette-smoking machines. joining me, ezra klein of "the washington post." ezra, we need your help. actually, everybody needs your help. ezra, what's the deal with the sequester? we have, like, six different ways of reading...
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speaker boehner and republicans have to use common sense. it's important we fund the functioning of the government. we shouldn't be hurting military families. we shouldn't be hurting our economy. these efforts don't do one thing to help the economy grow or create one job. >> how did it become so dysfunctional. the popularity, i don't have to tell you. you were in the house, now the senate. congressional popularity as well as the president's popularity at an all-time low. people are just sick of the fighting and yet we have this showdown. even if this gets resolved we have the debt ceiling showdown. >> what we're watching, andrea, is really a tea party tantrum. it's republicans fighting republicans at this point. not even a battle between democrats and republicans anymore. some of the republican leaders are trying to apply common sense. they want to make sure the government functions properly. they don't want to fight about the debt ceiling. they want government to do its job. that's what house republicans have to do. they have to do their jo
speaker boehner and republicans have to use common sense. it's important we fund the functioning of the government. we shouldn't be hurting military families. we shouldn't be hurting our economy. these efforts don't do one thing to help the economy grow or create one job. >> how did it become so dysfunctional. the popularity, i don't have to tell you. you were in the house, now the senate. congressional popularity as well as the president's popularity at an all-time low. people are just...
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. >> yeah, john boehner. how did you like it when the gop's golden child of the moment called you out for your shenanigans. apparently not much since you and eric cantor released this statement the same day. "getting critical aid to the victims of hurricane sandy should be the first priority in the new congress, and that was reaffirmed today with members of the new york and new jersey delegations." in all, it took the house 78 days after superstorm sandy battered the northeast to pass their $51 billion sandy relief bill. house republicans will tell you because there was just too much pork in the senate bill, just like they'll tell you the government shutdown had to happen because of obama care. you see, sandy is the prime example of how republicans manage a crisis. some politicians like chris christie know when to be grateful for federal intervention and when to call out their own party when it is acting a fool. but others, well, they just refuse to help, while they huff and puff and stomp their feet on the g
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>> and you're coming out of an election -- boehner had revenue on the table before. he said he had revenue. that's not a big deal. and you can do it this time while -- yeah. i haven't slept in two days. the point is you can do it on the top line and force negotiations. >> what i was going to say, with romney you can -- romney was out there saying, i do want to get rid of these loopholes. so that's on the table. that's a republican plan right now. you can lower the top line rates, eliminate the loopholes, and raise a bunch of money. everyone can get along. there's a space here to do it. >> anxious to see the role paul ryan is going to play. republican hand wringing. this sandy business, they've got to stop. is it getting a little absurd? >> they have to think over things. you have two warring camps. mcdonnell was confrontational. people are lining up behind him. what they lack is a leader, a leader who can step up. jeb bush might be able to do it, but there is no leader that can unite these camps. >> democrats, 1988. shameless plug. you first? >> my brother and his wi
>> and you're coming out of an election -- boehner had revenue on the table before. he said he had revenue. that's not a big deal. and you can do it this time while -- yeah. i haven't slept in two days. the point is you can do it on the top line and force negotiations. >> what i was going to say, with romney you can -- romney was out there saying, i do want to get rid of these loopholes. so that's on the table. that's a republican plan right now. you can lower the top line rates,...